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Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome

Pronunciation: hah′lĕr-fōr-dĕn shpahts
a disorder characterized by dystonia with other extrapyramidal dysfunctions appearing in the first two decades of life; associated with large amounts of iron in the globus pallidus and substantia nigra.

Synonym(s): Hallervorden syndrome, Hallervorden-Spatz disease, status dysmyelinisatus




 

 

 

 

 

 



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